The limits that define Vercel Hobby

Hobby is a continuing $0 plan rather than an introductory credit. Its most important qualification is permitted use: Vercel says it is for personal, non-commercial projects. The plan has separate counters for delivery, builds, functions, analytics, and account scale. Vercel documents 100 GB of Fast Data Transfer, one million Edge Requests, 6,000 build-execution minutes, one million function invocations, 100 GB-hours of function duration, 1,000 image source images, 50,000 Web Analytics events, and 10,000 Speed Insights data points for one project. Most exhausted Hobby limits require waiting for the next 30-day period rather than buying automatic overage.

Permitted use Personal, non-commercial projects
Delivery limits 100 GB Fast Data Transfer and 1 million Edge Requests/month
Build limit 6,000 build-execution minutes/month
Function limits 1 million invocations, 4 CPU-hours, and 360 GB-hours memory/month
Account limits 200 projects and 100 deployments/day

Where the free limits apply

  • Hobby is available to individual users for personal, non-commercial projects.
  • Commercial projects and teams should use a plan whose terms permit that use.
  • Each resource counter follows Vercel's rolling or monthly usage rules shown in the dashboard.

How to start without an accidental bill

  1. 01 Create a Hobby account from Vercel's official plan page.
  2. 02 Confirm that the project is personal and non-commercial under Vercel's Hobby terms.
  3. 03 Open the Usage dashboard and monitor transfer, Edge Requests, builds, and function resources separately.
  4. 04 Review the plan documentation before adding a domain, analytics, images, or high-volume functions.

Limits to know before you choose

  • Hobby is not licensed for commercial use.
  • The plan has separate caps; staying under one counter does not prevent another from being exhausted.
  • Most Hobby resources cannot be purchased as overages, so a project can have to wait for the next usage period.
  • Team collaboration, higher concurrency, and commercial workloads require a paid plan.

Verified alternatives

Only alternatives with a first-party education offer or free tier are listed here.

Netlify Netlify Free uses a hard 300-credit monthly limit and does not auto-recharge. AWS AWS's new-customer Free plan lasts up to six months and uses up to $200 in credits.

First-party sources

Offer terms can change. Each citation records exactly what it supports and when CostBench checked it.

  1. Vercel Docs — Hobby plan Personal non-commercial restriction and current Hobby resource limits.
  2. Vercel Docs — Plans Hobby plan positioning and Fast Data Transfer allowance.

Frequently asked questions

01 Is Vercel Hobby free?

Yes. Hobby is a $0 plan for personal, non-commercial projects, subject to Vercel's usage limits.

02 How much bandwidth does Vercel Hobby include?

Vercel currently documents 100 GB of Fast Data Transfer and one million Edge Requests per month.

03 Can a business use the Vercel free plan?

Vercel describes Hobby as personal and non-commercial. A commercial workload should use a plan whose terms permit business use.

04 What happens when a Vercel Hobby limit is reached?

For most resources, Hobby users cannot buy automatic overage and must wait for the next usage period or move to an appropriate paid plan.